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Today I hit Specialist on Happogahara inbound with a time of 2'48"748! After messing up on the consecutive hairpin segment, I had mentally written off that run but I ended up making up the lost time in the final section. I still can't believe it happened haha.

EXP version of D0 is not out until next month so they can't have an online service for a game that's not out yet. Usually EXP and JPN release dates aren't that far apart but this being on a new system and cabinet likely means more delays and things to settle.

Majority of online battles also take place in Japan, so Sega likely retired D8 online so they can use the servers for D0.

I need some help with version 8. Iím in the rival side battle with me driving godfoot GT-R vs keisukeís fc, and once we pass one of the last hair pins no matter how far he is behind or ahead of me. He instantly gets a massive boost and speed and I can never catch him after that. Does anyone know the way to beat this stage?

My car is ex spec. But in the rival sides it really doesnít matter since you got a whole built car. I just donít understand why he always gets an unbeatable speed boost that I will never catch. I did the race today and he went from 20m behind me to passing me in a second and got over 100m ahead

New to Initial D but we recently got 2 IDAS8 cabs in at our arcade and I've been having a blast learning the game. Kind of sad that I seemed to have missed out on online servers for the game but since almost everyone is new to the game around here we are starting to form a little community and are all learning from each other. Spent about 6 hours today (thank god they are on free play) just scratching the surface of the footwork since yesterday was spent getting to full spec.